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The Insect Woman

Original title: にっぽん昆虫記

She lives by instinct with no sense of right or wrong.

1963 · NR · 2h 3m

Directed by Shōhei Imamura

7.2

TMDB audience score
80 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle. Imamura, with this metaphor, introduces the life of Tome, who keeps trying to change her poor life.

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Cast

  • Sachiko Hidari
    Tome Matsuki

  • Jitsuko Yoshimura
    Nobuko

  • Shoichi Ozawa
    Ken

  • Hiroyuki Nagato
    Matsunami

  • Kayoko Honoo
    Miyako

  • Masumi Harukawa
    Midori

  • Emiko Aizawa
    Rui

  • Emiko Higashi
    Kane

  • Daizaburo Hirata
    Kamibayashi

  • Seizaburō Kawazu
    Karasawa

  • Teruko Kishi
    Rin

  • Tanie Kitabayashi
    Madam

  • Kazuo Kitamura
    Chuji

  • Masakazu Kuwayama
    Owagawa En's Lover

  • Sumie Sasaki
    En

  • Taiji Tonoyama
    Foreman

  • Asao Koike
    Sawakichi

  • Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
    Honda